Spoon

Museum number:
9-14583
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3795 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Object count:
1
Description:
Enameled spoon, enamel, copper; enamel painting, white, multicolor; 4 1/2" long x 2 3/4" wide at bowl; Small, gracefully shaped flat bottomed spoon bowl with pointed end has short handle ending in gilded birds head. White enamel on copper. Inside plain white, outside bowl has floral pattern on gold ground. Blue scrolls on white ground cover outer handle. Bottom white with blue flower. Handle chipped, bottom cracked. January 1969 condition good. Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on exterior with multi-color floral and foliage design on yellow ground; neck has a diaper pattern in blue on white. Blue flower on white on base. Interior plain white. Handle chipped, bottom has cracks on exterior and interior. L. 10.2 cm. W 4.5 cm China, Canton attributed. Painted enamel on metal (copper); brass rim and molded handle head. Companion spoon to 9-14582 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74
Donor:
Design (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Phoenixes and Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Spoon, accession number 9-14583, described as Enameled spoon, enamel, copper; enamel painting, white, multicolor; 4 1/2" long x 2 3/4" wide at bowl; Small, gracefully shaped flat bottomed spoon bowl with pointed end has short handle ending in gilded birds head. White enamel on copper. Inside plain white, outside bowl has floral pattern on gold ground. Blue scrolls on white ground cover outer handle. Bottom white with blue flower. Handle chipped, bottom cracked. January 1969 condition good. Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on exterior with multi-color floral and foliage design on yellow ground; neck has a diaper pattern in blue on white. Blue flower on white on base. Interior plain white. Handle chipped, bottom has cracks on exterior and interior. L. 10.2 cm. W 4.5 cm China, Canton attributed. Painted enamel on metal (copper); brass rim and molded handle head. Companion spoon to 9-14582 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Spoon, accession number 9-14583, described as Enameled spoon, enamel, copper; enamel painting, white, multicolor; 4 1/2" long x 2 3/4" wide at bowl; Small, gracefully shaped flat bottomed spoon bowl with pointed end has short handle ending in gilded birds head. White enamel on copper. Inside plain white, outside bowl has floral pattern on gold ground. Blue scrolls on white ground cover outer handle. Bottom white with blue flower. Handle chipped, bottom cracked. January 1969 condition good. Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on exterior with multi-color floral and foliage design on yellow ground; neck has a diaper pattern in blue on white. Blue flower on white on base. Interior plain white. Handle chipped, bottom has cracks on exterior and interior. L. 10.2 cm. W 4.5 cm China, Canton attributed. Painted enamel on metal (copper); brass rim and molded handle head. Companion spoon to 9-14582 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Spoon, accession number 9-14583, described as Enameled spoon, enamel, copper; enamel painting, white, multicolor; 4 1/2" long x 2 3/4" wide at bowl; Small, gracefully shaped flat bottomed spoon bowl with pointed end has short handle ending in gilded birds head. White enamel on copper. Inside plain white, outside bowl has floral pattern on gold ground. Blue scrolls on white ground cover outer handle. Bottom white with blue flower. Handle chipped, bottom cracked. January 1969 condition good. Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on exterior with multi-color floral and foliage design on yellow ground; neck has a diaper pattern in blue on white. Blue flower on white on base. Interior plain white. Handle chipped, bottom has cracks on exterior and interior. L. 10.2 cm. W 4.5 cm China, Canton attributed. Painted enamel on metal (copper); brass rim and molded handle head. Companion spoon to 9-14582 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Spoon, accession number 9-14583, described as Enameled spoon, enamel, copper; enamel painting, white, multicolor; 4 1/2" long x 2 3/4" wide at bowl; Small, gracefully shaped flat bottomed spoon bowl with pointed end has short handle ending in gilded birds head. White enamel on copper. Inside plain white, outside bowl has floral pattern on gold ground. Blue scrolls on white ground cover outer handle. Bottom white with blue flower. Handle chipped, bottom cracked. January 1969 condition good. Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on exterior with multi-color floral and foliage design on yellow ground; neck has a diaper pattern in blue on white. Blue flower on white on base. Interior plain white. Handle chipped, bottom has cracks on exterior and interior. L. 10.2 cm. W 4.5 cm China, Canton attributed. Painted enamel on metal (copper); brass rim and molded handle head. Companion spoon to 9-14582 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 9-14583, described as Enameled spoon, enamel, copper; enamel painting, white, multicolor; 4 1/2" long x 2 3/4" wide at bowl; Small, gracefully shaped flat bottomed spoon bowl with pointed end has short handle ending in gilded birds head. White enamel on copper. Inside plain white, outside bowl has floral pattern on gold ground. Blue scrolls on white ground cover outer handle. Bottom white with blue flower. Handle chipped, bottom cracked. January 1969 condition good. Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on exterior with multi-color floral and foliage design on yellow ground; neck has a diaper pattern in blue on white. Blue flower on white on base. Interior plain white. Handle chipped, bottom has cracks on exterior and interior. L. 10.2 cm. W 4.5 cm China, Canton attributed. Painted enamel on metal (copper); brass rim and molded handle head. Companion spoon to 9-14582 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 9-14583, described as Enameled spoon, enamel, copper; enamel painting, white, multicolor; 4 1/2" long x 2 3/4" wide at bowl; Small, gracefully shaped flat bottomed spoon bowl with pointed end has short handle ending in gilded birds head. White enamel on copper. Inside plain white, outside bowl has floral pattern on gold ground. Blue scrolls on white ground cover outer handle. Bottom white with blue flower. Handle chipped, bottom cracked. January 1969 condition good. Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on exterior with multi-color floral and foliage design on yellow ground; neck has a diaper pattern in blue on white. Blue flower on white on base. Interior plain white. Handle chipped, bottom has cracks on exterior and interior. L. 10.2 cm. W 4.5 cm China, Canton attributed. Painted enamel on metal (copper); brass rim and molded handle head. Companion spoon to 9-14582 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 9-14583, described as Enameled spoon, enamel, copper; enamel painting, white, multicolor; 4 1/2" long x 2 3/4" wide at bowl; Small, gracefully shaped flat bottomed spoon bowl with pointed end has short handle ending in gilded birds head. White enamel on copper. Inside plain white, outside bowl has floral pattern on gold ground. Blue scrolls on white ground cover outer handle. Bottom white with blue flower. Handle chipped, bottom cracked. January 1969 condition good. Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on exterior with multi-color floral and foliage design on yellow ground; neck has a diaper pattern in blue on white. Blue flower on white on base. Interior plain white. Handle chipped, bottom has cracks on exterior and interior. L. 10.2 cm. W 4.5 cm China, Canton attributed. Painted enamel on metal (copper); brass rim and molded handle head. Companion spoon to 9-14582 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74

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